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Radshack 20-176 Antenna for GMRS?

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I know this is supposed to be a scanner antenna, but I saw on Youtube that someone was using Radshack PN 20-176 as a TX antenna on 440Mhz, and he says his swr wasn't bad..I hooked it up to my HT1000 and am getting receive, and good receive at that, but I haven't tried TX yet...don't want to burn up my radio.

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Josh380 said:
I know this is supposed to be a scanner antenna, but I saw on Youtube that someone was using Radshack PN 20-176 as a TX antenna on 440Mhz, and he says his swr wasn't bad..I hooked it up to my HT1000 and am getting receive, and good receive at that, but I haven't tried TX yet...don't want to burn up my radio.

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Go ahead. I use mine for 2 meters and 70 cm and also my CERT repeater on 473 Mhs. I also use two HT1000's on it with no problem. Great antenna!

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